Sarah Harling

Email: sarahharling@mines.edu

Office: Hill Hall 317

Bio

 Sarah Harling is a Chicago native who earned her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from The Art institute of Chicago. While studying foundry there, she fabricated her first cupola furnace for iron casting and won an award for producing the hottest metal at the National Conference on Cast Iron Art and Practices in Birmingham, Alabama.  After working on the south side of Chicago in a WW2 era foundry, her interest turned toward industry and she pursued an Associates in Welding Technology from Harper College of Trades in Palatine, IL.   Later she returned to the Art Institute of Chicago to teach cupola fabrication and foundry before moving to Colorado where she continued to work in welding and the art casting industry. She found her way back to teaching through an invitation to teach sculpture at University of Colorado Denver, and welding at Emily Griffith Technical College.   She came to Mines through a senior design project building a cupola and teaching a foundry metallurgy lab section. In her current role as hot shop supervisor, she assists with research projects in welding and casting, and serves as technical support and maintenance for the hot shop and welding labs.  Sarah continues to work as an artist, and her sculpture was recently featured in Studio Visit Magazine.